earmark VS Cerberus

It turned out that making the most popular Elixir Markdown processor, Earmark (originally written by Dave Thomas) and pulldown-cmark, a Rust Markdown processor, produce the same output was going to be difficult. We also required some customization that was not available in both libraries.

Even if at some point I’ll add proper WYSIWYG, Keila will definitely keep supporting Markdown. I personally find it super convenient and you get a very nice plain-text version for free. Keila uses an Elixir lib, Earmark for Markdown processing and that means we are supporting GitHub-style markdown.

Let’s start with one of the features that was most requested in my previous posts: Keila now has a WYSIWYG block editor! – Screenshots With the new editor comes a new base template which is based on Cerberus Hybrid and which looks great on pretty much all email clients, even tricky ones like Windows Mail.

I recommend you look into these templates: https://www.cerberusemail.com/

We have been using Cerberus since 2015, rock solid: https://github.com/TedGoas/Cerberus

Try out https://tedgoas.github.io/Cerberus/ It’s the best that I have found. Plus, you can chose between different layouts

Email templates are nothing but hacks, I've found. Here's the template I use for email, though I don't think it supports the layout you're going for. Try googling "email templates github" and see if any open source options have a solution.

Not a framework but I’ve found Ted Goad’ Cerberus templates very useful.

I customized them, extracted them into modules and created a design system which I then translated to an email CMS.

Coverage is pretty good although Outlook still glitches in some circumstances.

https://tedgoas.github.io/Cerberus/

FWIW caniemail is unreliable and does not have full coverage.

Also with this level of complexity I’d rather start with a few tested patterns than navigate the insane labyrinth of email client inconsistencies.

Keila currently comes with one template. It’s based on the wonderful Cerberus Fluid Template and looks great on mobile! Future versions will of course let you modify the template to your heart’s content.